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A suspicious powder prompted the evacuation of an office at Little America Hotel and Resort. Initial tests Tuesday suggested that it was not anthrax. More testing was being done. The powder was in a packet which apparently arrived in the mail, Fire Department Capt. Mark Stephens said. Two employees were decontaminated and taken to a hospital for evaluation. No one else was evacuated, and no other part of the hotel complex was closed. No one answered at Little America’s main number Tuesday afternoon. Besides the initial test, firefighters planned a test which takes six hours to provide results, plus a final, 12-hour test. Full Story